Rail for street-railways



(No Model.)

H. W. LIBBEY.

RAIL FOR STREET RAILWAYS.

No. 414,061. Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOSEA XV. LIBBEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

RAIL FOR STREET-RAI LWAYS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 414,061, dated October 29, 1889.

Application filed September 8, 1888. Serial No. 284,,429. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOsEA W. LIBBEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rails for Street- Railroads, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a rail for street-railroads on which horses will not be liable to slip when stepping upon the inner flange,

The invention consists in forming the upper surface of the inner flange with semispherical projections, so that a bearing will be provided for the toe of the horse When he steps upon the same.

Figure 1 represents a side view of a rail for street-railroads embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same.

A represents the tread of the rail, and B the flange. The upper surface of this flange is formed with senii spherical projections Z2, as shown, so that when the horse treads upon the same he is enabled to obtain a grip upon the projecting portions 12', thereby preVenting slipping. The space 0,. next to the tread of the rail, forms a gutter, so that rain or other water may flow along the rail unhindered by the semi-spherical projections.

It will be seen that by this construction of rail all slipping of horses by treading upon the inner flange is prevented, thereby making it easier for the horses to travel along the road-bed, and also preventing the liability of their falling down.

What I claim as my invention is- A railway-rail constructed with a flange having a series of semi-spherica1 projections and a tread projecting therefrom, the upper surface of the tread being above the semispherical projections to allow the flange of the car to pass over them, substantially as shown and described.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 22d day of August IIOSEA W. LIBBEY.- Witnesses:

CHAS. STEERE, E. PLANTA. 

